'Eavesdropper' definitions:
Definition of 'eavesdropper'
(from WordNet)
noun
A secret listener to private conversations
Definition of 'Eavesdropper'
From: GCIDE
- Eavesdropper \Eaves"drop`per\, n. One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'eavesdropper'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- audient,
- auditor,
- busybody,
- gossip,
- hearer,
- hearkener,
- inquirer,
- inquisitive,
- inquisitor,
- listener,
- nosy Parker,
- overhearer,
- Paul Pry,
- Peeping Tom,
- pry,
- querier,
- querist,
- questioner,
- quidnunc,
- rubberneck,
- rubbernecker,
- scopophiliac,
- sightseer,
- snoop,
- snooper,
- voyeur,
- yenta